My First 5K!

Before
After

On Saturday the 17th I ran my first 5k, the Cottonwood Classic in Thornton, CO. I went with my friends Roberta and Stephanie. Roberta used to be in the army and left Steph and I in the dust. Steph stuck it out with me even though I probably was slowing her down. Thanks girls for motivating me! My goal was to finish it without walking and not come in last and I did it! My time was 35:01 and I placed 338 out of 425. Not great but definitely a place to start, hopefully I can do better next time.

Swimming Lessons

I signed Mason up for swimming classes at the community pool. Our new neighborhood has a pool and I wanted to get him ready since we'll probably go a lot this summer. His teacher was named Mr. Russell and he was really excited that his teacher had the same name as his uncle and would sometimes accidentally call him Uncle Russell. The classes were barely above controlled chaos sometimes but Mason did pretty well even though he still hates putting his face in the water. They would play this game where the held a plastic ring just out of reach under the water so you would have to put your face in to reach the ring. Mason just kept hooking it with his foot and bringing it to the surface. You gotta give him credit for being resourceful.
Here he is right after he accidentally went under the water. He didn't mean to go under and the look on his face is priceless.

New Best Friends

In mid April we moved out of Kevin and Jeanne's house and moved into a house here in Parker. The neighborhood is so great. Just in our cul de sac alone there are three other three year old boys that Mason plays with every day. Here he is with Samuel and Griffin riding bikes and having a "popcorn party"